Archive for

August, 2025

All faculty and staff are invited to a combined ‘State of the School’ / ‘All Hands’ event to be held in the Joe & Norma Peltier East Atrium and Charles H. Fee Auditorium (E101) on Tuesday, Oct. 7. (Note this is a date change for the originally scheduled Sept. 24 All Hands meeting.) Dinner will […]

The North Dakota Qualified Service Provider Hub offers support and resources to those helping people stay in their homes. Most elderly individuals aspire to live in their home, in their community, for as long as possible. As bodies and minds age, however, remaining in the home can be a challenge for individuals and their spouses. […]

Reminder, Team SMHS: UND’s new policy for personal electric vehicles (PEVs), including scooters, skateboards, hoverboards and electric bikes, was created to address fire and other safety concerns. Effective immediately, PEVs are subject to being impounded at the owner’s expense if the vehicles are found inside UND buildings or parked, stored, or being charged improperly. There is […]

The School of Positive Psychology, a movement based on the work of Dr. Martin Seligman, identifies the following core pillars of concern for human wellness: Positive Experiences, Positive Individual Traits, and Positive Institutions. This past week I was working on linking these pillars to those within our School, and to well-being. (Thank you, Dr. Van […]

UND’s Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (CoBRE) for Host-Pathogen Interactions (HPI) is inviting researchers and clinicians interested in infection, immunity, and inflammation to participate in the Tenth Annual UND Host-Pathogen Symposium, to be held in-person from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at UND’s Gorecki Alumni Center on Tuesday, Sept. 30. This event aims to promote […]

For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, to be held from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 4, Alisson Lass, Ph.D., L.P., will give a talk entitled “Behavioral pain management: Understanding biopsychosocial contributors to pain, along with behavioral treatments.” The meeting will be held in-person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. […]

Nicole Threadgold, director of the North Dakota State Office of Rural Health (SORH) at the UND Center for Rural Health (CRH), has been named a regional representative for the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) for Region E. Threadgold was elected by the participants at the Region E Partnership meeting earlier this […]

Everett Glower, a fourth-year biomedical sciences graduate student in Assistant Professor Benjamin Roche’s lab, won a poster award at the recent 12th International Fission Yeasts Meeting in Boston, Mass. Glower’s award winning poster was entitled “The Knob submodule of the mediator complex is essential for maintaining transcription initiation during quiescence.” In the lab, Glower assists […]

The UND Department of Geriatrics and its Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) are hosting an Interprofessional Education Olympics opportunity for students: a free frisbee (or disc) golf tournament to be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Grand Forks, N.D., on Wednesday, Aug. 27. Refreshments and prizes will be provided and each hole will be […]

Anna Bogdanova, M.D., a resident at the UND Family Medicine Residency in Bismarck, was recognized for producing one of the top posters at the recent American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) “Future” conference. This conference is among the largest gatherings of family medicine residents and medical students in the country. Dr. Bogdanova’s poster focused on […]